“Cinderella Skeleton” is a
Halloween version of the classic fairy tale by the master of
storytelling, Robert D. San Souci, along with spooky illustrations by
David Catrow. This book is about a young and beautiful (according to
her spooky world) skeleton named Cinderella Skeleton who wants to go to
the Halloween Ball and dance with Prince Charnel. “Cinderella Skeleton”
might be a bit too scary for smaller children, but older children will
definitely love this creepy retelling of the classic fairy tale.

Robert
D. San Souci has done a terrific job at retelling this classic fairy
tale in a more Halloween spirited tone as all the characters in this
book are skeletons and monsters instead of human beings that the
original story portrayed, which makes this book extremely creative to
read since it is Halloween themed. Robert D. San Souci makes the story
perfectly spooky yet creative as the story is told through a rhyming
prose while using such effective words such as “mausoleum” and
“bombazine” to describe the haunting world that Cinderella Skeleton
lives in. David Catrow’s illustrations are delightfully creepy yet
beautiful at the same time as the world around Cinderella Skeleton is
dark and bleak and Cinderella Skeleton herself is beautiful (as opposed
to the dark world she lives in) as she wears a white torn silk dress
that looks like it is made of spider webs which makes her look
hauntingly elegant. Also, the image of Prince Charnel himself is
somewhat frightening yet he has a handsome physique and he wears a
soldier’s uniform that is covered with roaches and he carries a large
red, white and black striped snake around the left side of his
shoulders, giving him an elegant yet eerie appearance.

Parents
should know that there are some genuinely frightening images in this
book such as the images of the various monsters that attend the
Halloween Ball as some of them have eyeballs missing from their heads
and even the skeleton characters look somewhat frightening as they have
holes in their eye sockets that look empty and eerie. Another image
that might scare smaller children would be the image where Cinderella
Skeleton losses her foot at the ball (even though she is a skeleton) and
small children might worry that they might lose their feet too.
Parents might want to read this book first before they show it to their
children to see what their reactions are to such haunting images.

“Cinderella
Skeleton” is a truly uplifting and haunting retelling of the classic
fairy tale that many children will love for a long time. I would
recommend this book to children ages six and up due to the frightening
images and some complicated words like “mausoleum.”

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